The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-15
BREvITIES.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHs. MINOR MEN
TON, ANDLOCAL LACOSfCs.
The News of the Day Boiled Down an"
Served Up in Condensed shape About
Folks You Know, and Interesting Items
Happily and Hastily Hit.

Strange of thermometer at Spence, Ty-
rec & Co.'S shoe house, Broad street,
February 14th, 1887: 8 am, go; IL M,
$50; pm. $50; 6 pm, 4O0.
Janish plays in Lynchburg tonight.
Mr.. Charles f. Roper is in Norfolk on
business.
A beautiful carrier pigeon, unmarked,
came to the Soldiers Home last Satur-
day.
Mr.. John r. Newton, of Richmond,
was at the ST. James, Washington, yes
terday.
Major A. II. Drewry has been appointed
postmaster at Westover, Charles City
county, Va.
The Richmond Grays will celebrate the
twentv-second by musicale and banquet
at Saenger Halle
Mr.. Jerry Nicholas, of Danyille, for
merly of Richmond, who has been quite
sick, is improving.
Grand Secretary George w. Hawk
hurst has returned from the Good Tenn
I
Rev. Job Turner, the deaf mute preach
err, is about to leave the city on a two
months visit to the South.
Mr.. David X. Walthall very acceptably
led the services at the Christian Assocla-
ton parlors Sunday evening.
Dan Kelly and a number of Richmond
Elks were entertained in Norfolk Sunday
night by their Norfolk brethren.
Never was there so little observance Of
| ST. Valentines Day as yesterday in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Mr.. d. X. Stewart, of Richmond has
contributed $4,000 to the Payne (colored)
Divinity School in Petersburg, Va.
Mr.. William A. Crawley, Of Richmond,
was married in Baltimore last week to
Miss Grace Weir Hamill of the latter
city.
Wel-known Richmond vocal and in
strumental talent will take part in the
Twenty second-Of- February festival at
West Point
Miss Blanche Sherwood, the sprightly
Dads Girl" is with Hanford's company
which will be at the Academy next
Thursday night.
Go to the entertainment at Old Market
Hall to-day and tomorrow. 1t is for the
benefit Of St Vincent de Paul Society Of
St. Patrick church.
Ben Jennings (coloredJ was received al
the penitentiary yesterday from Char
lOtte county, to serve a term OF one year
for malicious assault.
Michael Kelly is building a commo
dious warehouse on Brook avenue, neal
Marshall street, to be used in the prose
cution of his junk business.
The organ at the first Presbyterian
church has been thoroughly reftted. Mr.
IN. b. Clapp presided Sunday, and The
vocal music, as usual, was excellent
The song service at the Male Orphan
Asylum Sunday, was conducted by Mr.
James Cook The orphan boys choir
rendered some Of their sweetest selec
tons
General Roger A. Pryor, Of the New
York bar, has recently taken his son into
partnership with him 1t is said that the
two look enough alike to resemble twins
more than father and son.
Mrs. Sally j. McLane, sister of Hon
Robert NJ. McLane, Minister to France
died at her residence in Baltimore Sun
day at an advanced age. She was a sister
of the wife of General Joseph +. John
son.
The Western Lunatic Asylum, recently
erected at Marion, Smythe county, wa:
turned over by the building committee &c
Governor Lee Friday. 1t will be opened
for the reception Of patients on or about
the first of May.
In Lynchburg Judge Latham quashed
the indictments against w w. Larkin
charged with barratry and champerty
He also dismissed the Indictment against
Larkin for selling coupons without ii
cense on the ground OF the unconstitu
tionality Of the act.
Yesterday morning at the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac depot, BroaC
and Hancock streets, car was backeC
into one of the Continental Beer COmpa
ny's cars and bad smash-up was the re
suit 4 portion of an adjoining wall was
knocked down and other slight damage
done.